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Sunday 2 June 2002PGA TourYear in Review
Estes wins Kemper Insurance Open
TPC at Avenel, Potomac, Maryland · Thursday 30 May to Sunday 2 June 2002 · Bob Estes’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,600,000 USD · Kemper Insurance
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/16°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/19°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/22°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/20°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 54 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Rich Beem USA · 274in the hunt until he hit into the back bunker at the par-3 17th and dropped a shot; finished one behind Golf Today: Steady Estes claims title - Kemper Insurance Open 2002 (AP copy; Wayback Machine)
155 started, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Kemper Insurance Open
TPC at Avenel, TPC at Avenel, Potomac, Maryland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Bob Estes
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Bob Estes interview, 2002-06-02 (ASAP Sports)
2 June 2002
Every tournament that I've won on Tour I've won by one shot and I'm kind of getting tired of it.
Bob Estes interview, 2002-06-02 (ASAP Sports)
2 June 2002
I guess there were more eagles out there than birdies. But I was happy for Bob.
Rich Beem interview, 2002-06-02 (ASAP Sports)
2 June 2002
The win kind of really obviously just fell out of the sky into my lap and I really was unprepared to handle it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Estes | 65 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
| 2 | Rich Beem | 68 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T3 | Steve Elkington | 70 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T3 | Bob Burns | 68 · 66 · 69 · 72 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Jonathan Kaye | 69 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | Justin Leonard | 72 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −8 |
| T7 | Chris Smith | 70 · 72 · 68 · 67 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Harrison Frazar | 69 · 66 · 72 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| T9 | Olin Browne | 70 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T9 | Bart Bryant | 72 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T9 | Duffy Waldorf | 67 · 68 · 70 · 73 | 278 | −6 |
| T9 | Jay Williamson | 66 · 71 · 67 · 74 | 278 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1966-02-02, Graham, Texas, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1988; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 23 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Kemper Insurance Open' (week 22/2002), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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